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GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
9. Get the QuikCrete! and I had the same question: is it common for shell to not explode?
Mon Sep 21, 2015, 09:29 PM
Sep 2015

The cynic in me thinks this non exploding shell seems a too convenient way of Russia getting their Gulf of Tonkin moment to enter this war more directly -- eg 'we were attacked'

And their embassy has already been hit by a missile, if reports are to be believed. Shandris Sep 2015 #1
a shell that did not explode, curious GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #7
LOL nice! I guess they best get to repaving. Erm...relaying? Re-laying? Shandris Sep 2015 #8
Get the QuikCrete! and I had the same question: is it common for shell to not explode? GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #9
Bet that puts a dent in M.I.C. hubris. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #2
No, I think they're drinking champagne DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #3
what is ALLSOURCE ANALYSIS? grasswire Sep 2015 #4
That is what I was thinking. Do not trust this. But then they jwirr Sep 2015 #25
Good LittleBlue Sep 2015 #5
Nothing changes. Russia has been in Syria longer than it was in Poland leveymg Sep 2015 #6
As Assad's military shrinks, foreign military power may make up the difference. pampango Sep 2015 #10
Even nicer would jamzrockz Sep 2015 #12
It would indeed be "even nicer" if the sponsors and suppliers of all sides stopped supporting the pampango Sep 2015 #14
Agian with this false equivalency BS jamzrockz Sep 2015 #18
The "legitimate government" of Syria is also a "despotic dictatorship". pampango Sep 2015 #20
You just don't get it jamzrockz Sep 2015 #21
I did not take to the streets of Syria. The Syrian people did. pampango Sep 2015 #22
You don't get freedom of anything with a dictator alarimer Sep 2015 #26
Syria could have been like Iran in 2009. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #23
The peaceful protest movement was, indeed, never going to succeed under Assad's rule, but pampango Sep 2015 #24
I think there is a danger in personalizing this conflict too much. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #28
It's hard not to personalize the opposition to a dictator but I get your point. pampango Sep 2015 #30
remember this was AFTER Bibi met with Putin. Now think about it. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2015 #11
Good point. 840high Sep 2015 #13
Yes. The story breaking 9/21 is: Israel, Russia to coordinate military action on Syria: Netanyahu GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #16
It's actually good news malaise Sep 2015 #15
Russia doesnt have the money for a full-blown protracted war davidn3600 Sep 2015 #27
The only reason.... odd_duck Sep 2015 #17
Russia, Syria and Iran have a mutual defense treaty. GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #19
They are worried about terrorism davidn3600 Sep 2015 #29
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